The exemplum, one of the tools of persuasion indicated by ancient rhetoric, is used by Cicero in Caesarian Orations with a careful strategy: the exemplary modeling of Caesar allows to define the boundaries of the correct management of res publica. Therefore, in the Pro Marcello Caesar is already presented as a “visible” exemplum, while in the following Pro Ligario the paradigm of Sulla (i.e. that of a dictator guided by crudelitas) becomes effective in admonishing Caesar from a possible degeneration of power.

maurizio massimo bianco (2021). “Buoni e cattivi esempi”. Cicerone, Cesare e l’ombra di Silla. MAIA, 73(1), 22-34.

“Buoni e cattivi esempi”. Cicerone, Cesare e l’ombra di Silla

maurizio massimo bianco
2021-01-01

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The exemplum, one of the tools of persuasion indicated by ancient rhetoric, is used by Cicero in Caesarian Orations with a careful strategy: the exemplary modeling of Caesar allows to define the boundaries of the correct management of res publica. Therefore, in the Pro Marcello Caesar is already presented as a “visible” exemplum, while in the following Pro Ligario the paradigm of Sulla (i.e. that of a dictator guided by crudelitas) becomes effective in admonishing Caesar from a possible degeneration of power.
2021
Settore L-FIL-LET/04 - Lingua E Letteratura Latina
maurizio massimo bianco (2021). “Buoni e cattivi esempi”. Cicerone, Cesare e l’ombra di Silla. MAIA, 73(1), 22-34.
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